Tuesday, December 2, 2008

I can’t believe I finally made this cake! The recipe had been in my kitchen forever. I was about to rename it “Fight Club cake”- I have tried to watch that movie hundreds of times but never got around to do it. I’ve rented it over and over again, but for a number of reasons I always had to take it back before getting to the end. I’ve tried watching it on cable, too, with no success. And the funny thing is that I absolutely love the director – one of the few guys that can make Brad Pitt play someone else other than himself – and Edward Norton is one of my true favorites. What’s wrong with me?? :)

It’s a pity that the cake is long gone. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll try watching “Fight Club” again. For the 8th time. :)

Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF.Butter a 10x23cm* loaf pan and flour the insides, tapping out the excess.

Sift the almond meal and flour together three times. Set aside.

With an electric mixer, beat butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar and beat well. Add the eggs, gradually. Add the cream and rum. Beat to incorporate.Fold in the sifted ingredients with a rubber spatula. Pour into prepared pan.Peel and cut the bananas into 3-4 pieces each; “stick” them into the cake batter, keeping the pieces standing – there should be half an inch of banana out of the cake batter, or so.Bake for 40-50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the cake comes out clean.Mix well all the ingredients for the syrup.Leave to cool in the pan for 10 minutes; unmold and drizzle with the syrup.Dust with confectioners’ sugar when serving.

hiI am a product of American public school, and can't convert measurements to save my life!how many tablespoons butter? cups of sugar?please help! your cake looks awesome and we would really enjoy baking it.

The cake looks incredibly moist...I'll be over there in 5 minutes! Heeheehee ;)

I had to laugh because just this weekend my brother was talking about the Fight Club and I told him I haven't watched it, so it was this whole round of, "You haven't watched the Fight Club???!!!" Soon!

I came across your post by looking for a recipe for white chocolate cranberry truffles and was impressed by your blog. Every picture you have taken gives wonderful credit to your creations. I'll have to stop by some more for more great ideas. Thankyou for the blog and recipes!

ps-I've been reading through your blog and saw that last year you made a buche de noel and wanted to make it jelly roll style. I actually have a recipe I found from martha stewart that is exactly that. she even goes so far as to make it look like a tree log with chocolate bark pieces with accents of marzipan-fig acorns and thin cookie leaves. it's amazing. if you're interested let me know.